The Simple Plant Breeding Technique That Produces Flowers Blooming Continuously For Months AnnuallyGardeners can now enjoy blooms for longer periods. Techniques like saving seeds from long-blooming plants and removing faded flowers encour...
11 Mar, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
Bringing trad med into the prescriptionIndia's traditional medicine is set to gain global recognition. The Government of India has partnered with the World Health Organization. T...
06 Jun, 2025, 10.48 PM IST
Global pact on genetic resources, associated traditional knowledge big win for India: GovtMembers of the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have concluded an agreement that creates a mandatory disclosure...
26 May, 2024, 08.52 PM IST
WIPO concludes new treaty to protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge; India plays key roleMembers of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have reached an agreement mandating patent applicants to disclose the countr...
25 May, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
India's law on protection of farmers' rights can be model worthy of emulation for entire world: Droupadi MurmuAddressing the first ever global symposium on farmers' rights, the President said India has taken a lead in introducing the Protection of P...
12 Sep, 2023, 01.54 PM IST
Love pulses? Here's five interesting trivia about this superfoodAccording to researchers, pulses may be the key to curing world hunger.
24 Feb, 2023, 09.07 AM IST
Government releases guidelines to speed up development of plant varieties, reduce time of approvalThe Department of Biotechnology said these standard operating procedures (SOPs) shall be applicable to all organizations involved in resear...
27 Oct, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
India calls for eliminating north-south divide to reach consensus on issues grappling International Seed TreatyAmid lack of consensus on issues like benefit sharing of germ plasm which will provide access to better quality seeds, India on Monday urge...
19 Sep, 2022, 03.26 PM IST
Northeast to be developed as India's Bio-Economic Hub: Jitendra SinghThe Minister said the Eastern Himalayan Region is one of the mega-biodiversity rich zones and is among the 34 biodiversity Hotspots of the ...
19 Oct, 2021, 08.45 PM IST
Cotton as source of bare necessitiesIn the era of synthetic meat, made from plant material or cloned meat cells, it should not come as a total surprise that scientists have de...
18 Oct, 2018, 11.16 PM IST
PM Modi to open 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress tomorrow"Biodiversity conservation has become important. The status in our country is not satisfactory. We will have to do much more," said M S Swa...
05 Nov, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
- NBPGR eyes low-cost methods to store germplasm
"Right now, we are dependent on refrigeration system, where we maintain temperature as low as minus 20 degree Celsius year round.
27 Apr, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
India, US to launch joint research collaboration on wheatResearchers are aiming to have first set of climate-resilient varieties in five years, a USAID statement said.
09 Apr, 2013, 10.48 AM IST
- Transgenic crops should be adopted "carefully":Bioversity Intl
Rome-based agri-research body Bioversity International today said transgenic crops should be adopted on a 'case to case basis'.
11 Feb, 2013, 04.38 PM IST
- Adoption of new technologies to ensure farm growth: Experts
The country needs to adopt new farm technologies to ensure farmers reap benefits such as higher productivity, experts said today.
25 Oct, 2012, 05.06 PM IST
- Sowing discontent
The fraught issue of introduction of Bt Brinjal has been shelved but all eyes are now set on the controversial Seed Bill 2010, likely to be...
09 Jul, 2010, 08.45 AM IST
- FAO for better policies to conserve fish gene
FAO has called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security, warning that failure to do so would...
13 Jun, 2007, 01.20 PM IST